University of Massachusets Athletics

Hall of Fame

Tim Edwards
Tim Edwards
  • Induction:
    2017
  • Class:
    1968
Tim Edwards was a member of former head coach Jack Leaman's first team at UMass, pacing his basketball squads to a 39-34 record during his tenure. Edwards sits second all-time in rebounding with a 12.5 per-game average, behind only Julius Erving, and is a member of the 1,000-point club, averaging 14.2 points (1,022 total) over his career. He was named to the 1967 All-Yankee Conference First-Team and NABC All­-District Third-Team.
 
Edwards went on to earn his MBA at Harvard Business School and work for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Departments of Defense, Interior, Commerce, Energy, Housing & Urban Development and AT&T. He was selected to participate in the prestigious Congressional Fellows Program and received a Vice Presidential NPR Hammer Award for his exemplary work for the Department of Defense.

Edwards was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.
 
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